335,701 Cameras Are Scanning Your License Plate Right Now
The short version: The2views spotlights Joshua Michael's Flock Surveillance Map, putting a hard number — 335,701 — on America's ALPR sprawl.
Our Take
Credit where it's due: The2views did a solid job translating Joshua Michael's Flock Surveillance Map into something the average viewer can actually grasp. A number like 335,701 cameras stops being abstract once you see it plotted dot by dot across neighborhoods, highways, and small towns that never held a public vote on whether they wanted this kind of tracking infrastructure.
That's the part that should stick with you. This isn't one city council making a deliberate choice — it's a patchwork of quiet purchase orders adding up to a de facto national tracking network, built one HOA and one police department at a time, with almost no coordinated public debate. Independent researchers mapping this stuff out is exactly the kind of accountability work that should be happening at scale, not as a side project.
If this video made you wonder how close the nearest reader is to your own driveway, check our camera map and see for yourself. And if you'd rather not just watch the number climb, our take-action page has concrete steps for pushing back at the local level.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of The2views, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.